Lake Czorsztyn ( pl, Jezioro Czorsztyńskie) is a man-made reservoir on the Dunajec river, southern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, between the

Pieniny The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. ...

and the

Gorce Mountains The Gorce Mountains ( pl, Gorce ) are part of the Western Beskids mountain range spreading across southernmost Poland. They are situated in Małopolska Province, at the western tip of the long Carpathian range extending east beyond the Dunajec ...

. It exists due to a

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...

in the village of

Niedzica Niedzica ( sk, Nedeca, hu, Nedec) is a resort village in Nowy Targ County of Lesser Poland province, Poland, located on the banks of Lake Czorsztyn. It is famous for Niedzica Castle, also known as Dunajec Castle. It lies approximately north- ...

. The dam itself was completed in 1995. Its measurements are: high, long and wide on top. The lake has the area ranging from to . Usually, its area is approximately , with the length of and width of . Maximum depth is , and average depth is . Total length of the shoreline is . Below the dam there is a much smaller Sromowce Lake, which regulates the water level of Czorsztyn Lake. Main purpose of the reservoir is to prevent floods in the Dunajec river valley. Furthermore, it attracts a growing number of tourists. The dam is equipped with a 92 megawatt power plant. The lake is located in close proximity of several popular tourist spots, such as Pieniny National Park,

Niedzica Castle Niedzica Castle also known as Dunajec Castle ( lat, Castrum de Dunajecz, hu, Nedec Váralja / Nedec-Vár, german: Sub-Arx Unterschloss, sk, Nedecký hrad), is located in the southernmost part of Poland in Niedzica (Nowy Targ County in Lesser Po ...

, Czorsztyn Castle, and the tourist village of Kluszkowce. Among villages located by Czorsztyn Lake are

, Falsztyn, Frydman, Dębno Podhalańskie,

Maniowy Maniowy is a village in southern Poland situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship about east of Nowy Targ and south of the regional capital Kraków. It has been the seat of the district of Gmina Czorsztyn since 1993. Located on the southern s ...

, Kluszkowce and

Czorsztyn Czorsztyn (German: ''Schorstin'') is a village in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. The village lies in Pieniny, the mountain range on the current Polish- Slovak border. It is famous for the ruins of a 14th-17th-century ca ...

Sources

* Andrzej Jagus: Szczawnica i okolice. Szczawnica: Karpatus, 2002. . (pol.)

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